Recipes by Food Culture: Middle-Eastern / Levantine
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NEW! Eastern Mediterranean mezze get the José Andrés treatment in his wonderful new ‘Zaytinya’ cookbook
Cookbooks We Love: Claudia Roden’s Mediterranean is one of the revered author’s greatest volumes
Treat yourself to bastani — gorgeously perfumed Persian saffron-and-rosewater ice cream
Author Najmieh Batmanglij is the revered ‘goddess of Iranian cooking’
Rose petals, saffron and tender lamb meatballs: Now that’s a chicken soup!
Moussaka, a spectacular dish with a curious history, gets a (long-overdue!) makeover
What to make this weekend: Baked kofta and tomato from Sami Tamimi’s ‘Falastin’
Support the people of Beirut: Make a donation, and then make some hummus and eat pita and send love
For ‘Top Chef’ judge Nilou Motamed, the Iranian herb platter sabzi khordan is a way of life
Exuberantly delicious and beautifully told, ‘Falastin’ is one of those life-changing cookbooks
Anissa Helou’s ‘Feast’ delivers delicious inspiration from around the Islamic world
Freshly baked pita can happen in your very own oven
Baba ganoush fever: How can burnt eggplant become a dip that’s so friggin’ brilliant and addictive?
Ring in the new year with soulful Persian soups starring The Black Eyed Peas
Tender lamb meatballs with pine nuts and a touch of mint: Yes, please!
When life deals you zucchini, make these insanely delicious Greek fritters
Did someone say 'butterflied leg of lamb'? Fire up the grill for a dreamy Mediterranean dinner
Ottolenghi meets Zahav: Introducing the ultimate hummus recipe
Hummus fans rejoice: Introducing an amazing, easy cheater version
A new cookbook, 'Soup for Syria,' aims to help food relief efforts for Syrian refugees